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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-116474

Gitea Actions job token spoofing of instance-signed commits

Published Nov 1, 2026 · catalog updated Nov 1, 2026 · Gitea Gitea

Last checked Nov 7, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-116474. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea Gitea is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.17%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Gitea Gitea

The of a Gitea Actions job authenticates as the system user, and the email and GPG key endpoints accepted that user, so a job could register an email address and a GPG key on it; without required email confirmation (the default) the address is stored as activated. Commit verification treats a key without a real owner as the instance signing key, so any user who can run a workflow job could make commits signed with their own key show as trusted and signed by the instance in every repository where they appear, including pull requests to repositories the user cannot write to. The impact is limited to the displayed signature status: enforcement such as required signed commits only checks that a signature is verified and is unaffected, and no access is gained. The routes now reject system users.

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  • vendor Gitea Giteaversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-116474

  • No stored fix

    No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.

  • Version check

    No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-116474. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea Gitea is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 1, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The of a Gitea Actions job authenticates as the system user, and the email and GPG key endpoints accepted that user, so a job could register an email address and a GPG key on it; without required email confirmation (the default) the address is stored as activated. Commit verification treats a key without a real owner as the instance signing key, so any user who can run a workflow job could make co

  2. Nov 1, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The of a Gitea Actions job authenticates as the system user, and the email and GPG key endpoints accepted that user, so a job could register an email address and a GPG key on it; without required email confirmation (the default) the address is stored as activated. Commit verification treats a key without a real owner as the instance signing key, so any user who can run a workflow job could make co

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-116474

    The of a Gitea Actions job authenticates as the system user, and the email and GPG key endpoints accepted that user, so a job could register an email address and a GPG key on it; without required email confirmation (the default) the address is stored as activated. Commit verifica

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-116474

    30-day exploitation probability 0.17%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-116474

    The of a Gitea Actions job authenticates as the system user, and the email and GPG key endpoints accepted that user, so a job could register an email address and a GPG key on it; without required email confirmation (the default) the ad

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 7, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 7, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
  • NIST NVDNov 1, 2026